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Spirit now living longer than Viking 2
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post Aug 11 2007, 09:44 AM
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Today is a historic day...eh Sol.
Sol 1281 is the sol that Spirit will beat Viking 2.
Yes, that's right, today a solar powered vehicle beat a Nuke in longevity!

I say a celebration is in order! tongue.gif

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post Aug 14 2007, 01:44 PM
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And Spirit has now surpassed the 100k image mark biggrin.gif

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit.html
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- OWW   Spirit now living longer than Viking 2   Aug 11 2007, 09:44 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Today is a big day for Martian exploration. Spirit...   Aug 11 2007, 12:00 PM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Aug 11 2007, 10:00 PM...   Aug 11 2007, 12:15 PM
- - Zvezdichko   According to wikipedia info: QUOTE Power was prov...   Aug 11 2007, 12:20 PM
|- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Aug 11 2007, 06:20 AM...   Aug 11 2007, 04:14 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Aug 11 2007, 07:20 AM...   Aug 14 2007, 08:27 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (alan @ Aug 14 2007, 09:27 PM) How ...   Aug 14 2007, 09:42 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Aug 14 2007, 11:42 P...   Aug 25 2007, 10:17 AM
- - abalone   Thanx for that info, all seems good except this ha...   Aug 11 2007, 12:26 PM
- - Steve   30 W for each of two RPGs comes to 1440 Watt hours...   Aug 11 2007, 02:06 PM
- - ustrax   QUOTE (OWW @ Aug 11 2007, 10:44 AM) I say...   Aug 11 2007, 04:59 PM
- - Ant103   It's a great day. But, don't forget that ...   Aug 12 2007, 05:00 PM
- - edstrick   I believe the Viking's battery failures were d...   Aug 13 2007, 07:41 AM
- - djellison   GO SPIRIT BEAT VIKING   Aug 13 2007, 10:46 AM
- - tty   [Sigh] Contrary to popular belief Vikings did NOT ...   Aug 13 2007, 08:11 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (tty @ Aug 13 2007, 09:11 PM) Vikin...   Aug 13 2007, 09:47 PM
- - Shaka   (sigh) Obviously you never attended a Minnesota Vi...   Aug 13 2007, 08:23 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Shaka @ Aug 13 2007, 03:23 PM) (si...   Aug 14 2007, 03:19 AM
- - CosmicRocker   There are more, gradually improving tau measuremen...   Aug 14 2007, 03:51 AM
- - .dk   And Spirit has now surpassed the 100k image mark ...   Aug 14 2007, 01:44 PM
- - nprev   The WWW thus becomes a loop (dare I say an orbit?)...   Aug 15 2007, 12:20 AM
- - CosmicRocker   That's an interesting story, James, to find a ...   Aug 15 2007, 04:16 AM
- - djellison   Quite often I'll be researching for a talk, an...   Aug 15 2007, 07:57 AM
- - Oersted   Regression: See: Regression   Aug 20 2007, 08:59 PM
- - fredk   Colourful tribute to the occasion here.   Aug 25 2007, 03:56 PM
- - jamescanvin   It's now the afternoon of B1282 and so Oppy ou...   Sep 2 2007, 10:35 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Sep 2 2007, 05:35 AM...   Sep 16 2007, 02:45 PM
- - PhilCo126   The Viking spacecraft hardware: Viking 1: Launche...   Sep 16 2007, 09:19 AM
- - climber   Yesterday, Today or Tomorrow, depending if you liv...   Oct 8 2007, 08:04 PM
- - monitorlizard   These rovers are incredible. I propose we change ...   Oct 10 2007, 01:24 AM

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